Jake Gehring of Salt Lake City, Utah, has been elected president of the Association
of Professional Genealogists (APG), the world’s leading professional
organization of family history and related professionals. He has been an APG
board member since 2004 and vice-president since 2006. He will succeed Sharon
Tate Moody, CG, of Sun City, Florida.

Gehring is a popular technology writer and lecturer and is
employed with the Family & Church History Department of the LDS Church.
Jake graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in genealogy/family
history and is former editor of Genealogical Computing.

Gehring, reflecting on his upcoming tenure, said "APG
has grown over the last twenty-five years into an active and dynamic organization.
I believe 2008 will be an outstanding year for us in terms of solidifying value
for our membership. We are seeing significant growth in the number and activity
of local chapters, improvement in our journal and mailing list as education
vehicles, and continued development of the APG website, all of which translate
into more assistance for each of us in our daily genealogical work."

APG members also elected three members of the board’s
executive committee and nine of its 19 regional directors to two-year terms
as well as two members to one-year terms on the nominating committee.

Laura G. Prescott of Brookline, New Hampshire, a professional
researcher, writer, and speaker, was elected vice president of the nearly 2,000-member
organization. Gordon Gray of Colorado Springs, Colorado, owner of GrayLine
Group, a genealogical/family history research business, was elected treasurer.
Current APG Secretary John Vincent Wylie of Grand Prairie, Texas, was re-elected.
His articles have been published in numerous genealogical publications including
NGSQ and Genealogical Computing.

Janet Irwin, MLS, of Oregon, and Paula
Stuart-Warren, CG, of
Minnesota, were elected to one-year terms on the nominations committee.

The Association of Professional Genealogists (http://www.apgen.org/),
established in 1979, represents professional genealogists and people in related
professions who do professional-quality work for hire or for themselves.
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